scholarly journals Lessons in Flexibility: Introducing a Yoga Program in an Australian Prison

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 47-61
Author(s):  
Anthony Hopkins ◽  
Lorana Bartels ◽  
Lisa Oxman
Keyword(s):  
International Research ◽  
Lead Author ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Australian Capital Territory ◽  
Australian Capital ◽  
Lessons Learnt

International research provides support for yoga as a wellbeing intervention in prison. Until recently, no systematic research had been undertaken in Australia to assess the effectiveness of a yoga program, or consider the challenges of implementation. In 2017, the authors, in partnership with Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Corrective Services and the Yoga Foundation, introduced a pilot yoga program at the Alexander Maconochie Centre in the ACT. This paper draws on comments from the prisoners who participated in the program and the yoga teacher, as well as the perspectives of a prison psychologist and the lead author, both of whom also participated in the program. The paper reflects on the lessons learnt from developing and delivering a prison yoga program and advocates for the expansion of such programs in Australian prisons.

“I Would Just Feel Really Relaxed and at Peace”: Findings From a Pilot Prison Yoga Program in Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (15-16) ◽  
pp. 2531-2549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorana Bartels ◽  
Lisa N. Oxman ◽  
Anthony Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
International Research ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Australian Capital Territory ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Goal Direction

International research provides support for yoga as a well-being intervention in prison. No systematic research has been undertaken in Australia to assess the effectiveness of prison yoga programs. In 2017, the authors, in partnership with Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Corrective Services and the Yoga Foundation, introduced a weekly pilot yoga program at the ACT prison. This article presents quantitative and qualitative findings from the program. Although the small sample size ( n = 8) is acknowledged, our findings indicate that participants attained statistically and clinically significant benefit from the program, demonstrated by improvements in their levels of depression, anxiety, self-esteem, goal-direction, negative affect, and non-acceptance. They also reported improved flexibility, sleep and relaxation, pain reduction, and identified improvements in their mental well-being, commenting that the program made them feel “calm” and “at peace.” The article concludes by advocating for the expansion of such programs in Australian prisons and further research on such programs.

A geoid for the Australian capital territory

1997 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Kevin A. Freund ◽  
Jim Steed ◽  
A.H.W. Kearsley
Keyword(s):  
Australian Capital Territory ◽  
Australian Capital

Homicide in Australia 2017-18

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Bricknell
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Homicide Rate ◽  
Intimate Partner Homicide ◽  
Australian Capital Territory ◽  
National Data ◽  
Australian Capital ◽  
Australian State

The National Homicide Monitoring Program (NHMP) is Australia’s only national data collection on homicide incidents, victims and offenders. This report describes the 196 homicide incidents recorded by Australian state and territory police (except Australian Capital Territory) between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018. During this 12-month period there were 202 victims of homicide and 213 identified offenders. All but two incidents involved a single victim and offender and three-quarters of homicide victims knew the offender. The intimate partner homicide rate for women was 0.33 per 100,000, the lowest rate recorded since the commencement of the NHMP in 1989–90.

scholarly journals Amanita phalloides poisoning and treatment with silibinin in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales

2013 ◽  
Vol 198 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren M Roberts ◽  
Michael J Hall ◽  
Morna M Falkland ◽  
Simone I Strasser ◽  
Nick A Buckley
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Amanita Phalloides ◽  
Australian Capital Territory ◽  
Australian Capital ◽  
South Wales
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